Ziri Hashem

Ziri Hashem was an Algerian FLN revolutionary who fought in the Battle of Algiers during the Algerian War.

Biography
Ziri Hashem was born in Algiers, Algeria to a Sunni Muslim Berber family, and he joined the FLN at the start of the Algerian War. At 10:32 AM on 20 June 1956, he drew a knife and stabbed the French policeman Mathieu Delannoy in the back of the neck. The murder occurred on the street, and Hashem stole his gun and took his knife back, silently threatening the witnesses with the gun before fleeing the scene. This was the first of many attacks during a wave of terrorist attacks against France in the second half of 1956.